Ice-truck.



L. HAEGE.

ICE TRUCK.

APPLICATION FILED MAYS, I916.

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ICE TRUCK.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 5. 19m.

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LOUIS I-IAEGE, OF NEW MEMPHIS, ILLINOIS.

ICE-TRUCK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Get. 31, 1916.

Application filed May 5, 1916. Serial No. 95,628.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LQUIS Hanan, a citizen of the United States of America, a resident of New Memphis, in the county of Clinton, State of Illinois, have inventedcertain new and useful Improveinentsin Ice- Trucks, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification.

My invention relates to a truck onto which blocks of ice may be placed from wagons and by which the blocks are conveyed to and deposited directly into refrigerators, thereby dispensing with arduous labor ordinarily involved not only in carrying the ice to the refrigerators but also in lifting it, frequently to a considerable height, to place it in the refrigerators. My truck is so constructed and so operable as to render it unnecessary for the user to handle the blocks of ice after placing them upon the truck from the wagon.

Figure I is a side elevation of my ice truck in condition for the reception of a block of ice from a wagon and its transfer to a refrigerator. Fig. II is a front elevation of my ice truck. Fig. III is a cross section taken approximately on the inclined line IIIIII, Fig. I. Fig. IV is a horizontal section taken on line IV-IV, Fig. I. Fig. V is a side view of the ice truck in folded condition. Fig. VI is a side elevation illustrating my icetruck as it appears when a block of ice is loaded thereonto from a wagon. Fig. VII is a side elevation showing the ice truck as it appears when a block of ice is being discharged therefrom into a refrigerator.

In the drawings, A designates the front frame and B the back frame of my ice carrying truck, theseframes being joined to each other near their upper ends by a pivot rod 0 which permits of the lower ends of the frames being spread apart to form an inverted V as seen in Figs. I, VI and VII, or folded into the condition illustrated in Fig. V. The frames A and B are held apart by folding link connection 'D similar to those in an ordinary step ladder.

The rear frame B includes side-bars 1. connected by cross-bars 2. An axle 3 is mounted in the lower ends of the rear frame and to this axle are fitted ground wheels 4 by which the rear frame is supported when the truck is in service, these wheels being inconnected by cross-bars 6. Casters 7 are preferably supplied at the lower ends of the front frame side bars to facilitate slight movements of the truck when the front frame is resting upon the ground or floor.

8 designates an extension-board mounted between the side-bars o of the front frame and secured to the cross-bars 6 of said frame. This extension board is fastened to the crossbars 6 by screws or other fastening means which may be readily removed and inserted when it is desired to adjust the extension board lengthwise of the front frame for a purpose to be hereinafter explained. On the extension-board 8 near its'lower end is a stop-block 9 and at the upper end of said board is a bumper-block 10, these members having utility which will hereinafter appear.

ll designates a runway-board hinged at 12 to the extension-board 8 near its upper end. This runway-board is connected to the front frame of my truck only through the medium of the hinges which join it to the extension board 8 and therefore said runway-board maybe raised and lowered by swinging it on said hinges to position it morenearly to a horizontal plane than the inclined plane occupied by the front frame of the truck when at rest.

The runway-board 11 carries a prop 13 which is hinged to it at 14, the said prop being designed to extend downwardly at an incline relative to the runway-board and rest against the extension board 8 at the location of the stop 9 when the runway-board is elevated from the front frame A. When the prop 18 is not in service it is folded flatly against the under side of the runway-board (see dotted lines Fig. I). The runwayboard 11 has secured to it, adjacent its side edges, guides 15 which extend longitudinally of said board at its upper face and between which blocks of ice are directed when deposited upon and slid from said board. Near the lower end of the runway board is an upstanding head block or stop 16. This head block is bolted or secured in any other suitable manner to the runway board and it is reinforced by braces 17.

18 designates a handle rod secured to the the upper end of the extension board 6 and which the block of ice is to be placed. The 1 door of the refrigerator being open the front frame side-bars 5 and extending transverselv between them, the said handle rod being intended to be grasped by the user of the truck to elevate the front frame A and propel the truck with the ground wheels 4 serving as the sole means of support aside from the support afiorded by the operator.

The axle 3 mounted in the rear frame of my'truck has mounted upon it, between the frame side-bars'1, a rockable grab-hook 19 supplied with a trip arm 20 having utility to be presently mentioned.

When my ice truck is not in service it may be folded into the compacted condition illustrated in Fig. V, the foldin of the parts being permitted due to the described hinge connections. Before the track is put into use it is unfolded by moving the lower ends of the front and rear frames A and B apart, the lower portions of the frames being secured in separate conditions by the .link connection D. The runway-board 11 and the parts carried thereby are elevated to the position seen in Figs. I, VI and VII and sustained in such condition by the prop 13. To load a block of ice onto the truck from a wagon the truck is wheeled into a position adjoining the wagon. as illustrated in Fig. VI, thereby making it possible to slide a block of ice from the wagon over onto the runway-board 11 with the result of causing the block of ice to become deposited between the guides 15 of the runway-board and against the head block or stop 16. The operator of the truck then grasps the handle rod 18 which is located near the lower end of the front frame A and elevates the front frame sufliciently to permit of the truck being readily wheeled to the refrigerator into truck is wheeled to the doorway and the operator first presses the grab hook 19 rearwardly so that it will engage the foot board of the doorway, as seen in Fig. VII, for the purpose of preventing backward movement of the truck. The operator then elevates the lower end of the front frame A to a further degree, whereby the bumper 10 on the extension board 8 is thrown into contact with the ice rack indicated X in Fig. VII, and the jar thereby occasioned causes the block of ice to slide between the guideways 15 and along the runway board 11 until it is deposited on the ice rack of the refrigerator. The operator next lowers the lower end of the front frame A slightly and releases the grab hook 19 from the foot board of the refrigerator by pressing with his foot upon the trip arm 20 thereby freeing the truck from the refrigerator and permitting it to be wheeled away in the same manner as it was wheeled to the refrigerator.

The location of the ice racks in refrigerators varies both as to the height of the ice fore be made to project just the required distance beyond the front frame to cause the bumper 10 to strike the ice rack in the refrigerator, as contemplated.

I claim:

1. A truck comprising a rearwardly inclined front frame, a rear frame by which said front frame may be supported, a runway-board having pivotal connection with.

the rear upper end of said front frame and extending forwardly from said connection, and means for supporting said runwayboard at an angle relative to said front frame.

2. A truck comprismg a front frame, a

rear frame by which said front frame may be supported, a runway-board having pivotal connection with the upper end of said front frame, and a prop carried by one of said parts for supporting said board at an angle relative to said front frame.

8. A truck comprising a front frame, a rear frame by which said front frame may be supported, a runway-board having pivotal connection with the upper end of said front frame, and a prop hinged to said runway-board for supporting said board at an angle relative to said front frame.

4. A truck comprising a rear frame, a

rear frame, an extension-board secured to said front frame, a runway-board hinged to said extension-board, and a prop by which said runway-board may be supported at an angle relative to said extension board.

5. A truck comprising a rear frame, a front frame adapted to be supported by said rear frame, an extension-board secured to said front frame, a runway-board hinged to said extension-board, and a prop foldably attached to one of said boards adapted to support said runway board at an angle relative to said extension board.

6. A truck comprising a rear frame, a front frame adapted to be supported by said rear frame, an extension-board secured to said front frame, the said board being provided with a bumper at an end projecting beyond said front frame, a runway-board hinged to said extension-board, and a prop foldably connected to one of said boards by which said runway-board may be supported at an angle relative to said extensionboard.

7. A truck comprising a front frame, a rear frame, on which said front frame may front frame adapted to be supported by said be tilted, a runway board carried by said front frame and adjustable to an angle relative to said front frame, the said runway board being provided near one end with a 5 stop and having side guides thereon.

8. A truck comprismg a rearwardly inclined front truck frame, a rear frame on which said front frame may fulcrum when its frontend is elevated, a runway board having hinge connection with the upper rear end of said front frame, and means for supporting said runway board at an angle relative to said front frame.

9. A truck comprising a truck frame, a

runway board hinged to said front frame, means for supporting said runway board at an angle relative to said front frame, a rear frame by which said front frame is supported at an upwardly inclined angle, an axle at the lower end of said rear frame, ground wheels carried by said axle, and a grab hook carried by said axle adapted to engage a stationary object to hold the truck from movement relative to the surface on which said ground wheels rest when the truck is tilted by elevating the lower end of said truck frame.

LOUIS HAEGE.

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